Get them off the beach and on the menu: Fisheries call for help with green crabs

by Rick Lindfors, NBC 16

Thu, December 2nd 2021, 2:27 AM UTC

The number of invasive green crabs in the Coos Bay region continues to grow - and are likely to impact Dungeness crabs and coastal habitat, according to a new report by researchers at South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. Dungeness crab is Oregon's most valuable commercial fishery. (Oregon Department of State Lands)

{p}The number of invasive green crabs in the Coos Bay region continues to grow - and are likely to impact Dungeness crabs and coastal habitat, according to a new report by researchers at South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. Dungeness crab is Oregon's most valuable commercial fishery. (Oregon Department of State Lands){/p}

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The number of invasive green crabs in the Coos Bay region continues to grow - and are likely to impact Dungeness crabs and coastal habitat, according to a new report by researchers at South Slough National Estuarine Research Reserve. Dungeness crab is Oregon's most valuable commercial fishery. (Oregon Department of State Lands)

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